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• Alberta boy catches 16-pound koi in St. Albert lake

  31-08-2018 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  An 11-year-old boy named Luke Hebb caught a 16-pound koi in St. Albert. He explains the ordeal.
  
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• CNRL acquires Joslyn oilsands project for $225M, deal expected to close next month

  31-08-2018 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has signed a deal to buy the Joslyn oilsands project for $225 million from Total SA and its partners.
  
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• RFAs Nylander, Nurse still unsigned with NHL camps approaching

  31-08-2018 23:00 via cbc.ca
  Maple Leafs winger William Nylander has said he wants a long-term contract from Toronto. Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse indicated this week he doesn't mind if he gets a bridge deal or one that stretches five, six or seven years from Edmonton.
  
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• Court's refusal to hear benefits lawsuit a 'slap in the face,' says Alberta veteran

  31-08-2018 22:09 via cbc.ca
  An Alberta soldier who made headlines around the world for confronting the prime minister over veterans services says the Supreme Court's refusal to rule on a case that would challenge Ottawa's obligations to service members came as a "slap in the face."
  
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• Ottawa announces 19 new judicial appointments, as provinces deal with clogged courts

  31-08-2018 22:03 via cbc.ca
  Seven provinces are getting 19 new judges as the federal government tries to narrow the number of judicial vacancies in a stressed system.
  
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• Alberta outfitting company issued almost $79K in fines, ban from industry after fish and wildlife investigation

  31-08-2018 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  The investigation suggested that, in 2014 and 2015, Rugged Outfitting Inc. conducted guided tours for moose and elk with expired or invalid licences.
  
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• Opioid overdoses kill 2 Albertans every day

  31-08-2018 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  The Alberta Health report 355 people died in Alberta from an apparent accidental opioid overdose during the first half of 2018, an average of two people per day.
  
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• Edmonton Family Matters: the passing of the torch

  31-08-2018 20:41 via globalnews.ca
  As Laurel Gregory heads off on maternity leave, Kim Smith will take over the Family Matters segment. Jennifer Crosby sits down with both reporters about this week’s topic: the struggles getting out the door.
  
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• 54% of Alberta residents with debt say it negatively impacts their life: survey

  31-08-2018 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  A new survey from Credit Canada shows 54 per cent of Alberta residents with debt say it negatively impacts their lives. That’s versus 47 per cent nationally. Jennifer Crosby sits down with personal finance educator Kelley Keehn to talk more about debt.
  
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• 'Safe space' gets a real space: Edmonton's Queerflex gym moving into new digs this fall

  31-08-2018 19:45 via cbc.ca
  Over the last 18 months, Queerflex has established itself as a safe space for queer folks to work out. In a few months, its mission will get a big boost when it moves into an actual commercial space.
  
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• Justin Trudeau determined to build Trans Mountain pipeline, tackle climate change despite court ruling

  31-08-2018 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  Thursday's court ruling prompted Alberta Premier Rachel Notley to announce that her province is withdrawing from the national climate change plan and will stay out until the federal government gets its act together, as she put it.
  
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• Canada’s climate change plan — Alberta is out, so is it dead on the table?

  31-08-2018 19:26 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta dropped out of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's climate change plan Thursday after a federal court halted construction on the much-contested Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  
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• Will Trans Mountain court decision impact Alberta’s number crunching?

  31-08-2018 19:09 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci said the Trans Mountain pipeline is important but he wouldn’t speculate on whether it will have an impact on the bottom line.
  
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• 3 pipelines important for Alberta, 2 must happen: Finance minister

  31-08-2018 19:07 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci said there are three pipelines that are important to the province, and two of them must happen.
  
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• Trans Mountain pipeline ‘very important’ to entire country: Alberta finance minister

  31-08-2018 19:05 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci said the Trans Mountain pipeline is very important to the entire country. He said the feds need to get back to work and “set it straight.”
  
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• Alberta finance minister stresses importance of Trans Mountain and other pipelines

  31-08-2018 19:03 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci said the Trans Mountain pipeline is one of three pipelines important to the province. He said two of those three pipelines need to go ahead to transport Alberta’s oil.
  
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• Alberta on track to balance budget by 2023/24: finance minister

  31-08-2018 19:02 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci said the province is on track to balance the budget by 2023/24.
  
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• Alberta on track to lower deficit by $1B, Ceci says in first-quarter update

  31-08-2018 18:16 via cbc.ca
  Alberta is on track to reduce its deficit by $1 billion this year to $7.8 billion, Finance Minister Joe Ceci said Friday in his first-quarter fiscal update.
  
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• Alberta finance minister to deliver first-quarter fiscal update

  31-08-2018 18:16 via cbc.ca
  Finance Minister Joe Ceci will give Albertans an update on the province's economic performance Friday morning. You can watch it here live.
  
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• Bob Layton: The reign of judges

  31-08-2018 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  People and politicians don't decide the future, judges do.
  
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• Alberta projects deficit drop of $1B in first quarter budget update

  31-08-2018 17:53 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta's finance minister says the province is on track to reduce its deficit by $1 billion this year.
  
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• Alberta finance minister releasing 2018-19 1st-quarter fiscal update

  31-08-2018 17:53 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci is scheduled to release the government's 2018-19 first-quarter fiscal update and economic statement on Friday morning. 
  
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• Federal minister cautions Alberta against withdrawing from national climate plan

  31-08-2018 17:48 via cbc.ca
  Alberta's decision to pull out of the national climate-change plan to protest a federal court ruling that quashed the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will only serve to further endanger the pipeline's regulatory future, says the federal resources minister.
  
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• Federal minister cautions Alberta against withdrawal from national climate plan

  31-08-2018 17:48 via cbc.ca
  Alberta's decision to pull out of the national climate-change plan in protest of a federal court ruling that quashed the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will only serve to further endanger its regulatory future, says the federal resources minister.
  
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• Trans Mountain ruling increases uncertainty among resource industry groups

  31-08-2018 17:35 via cbc.ca
  The Federal Court of Appeal's ruling that consultations for the Trans Mountain project were inadequate has raised concerns from the resources industry about added uncertainty around the duty to consult Indigenous communities, though experts say the precedent adds further clarity to what it means to meaningfully engage.
  
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• Former local councillor clinches UCP nomination in Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin

  31-08-2018 16:12 via cbc.ca
  ​A former Westaskiwin city councillor and school trustee has won the United Conservative Party nomination contest in the new Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin riding.
  
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• AMA Travel: Travel Medical Insurance

  31-08-2018 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  Roland Vanmeurs from the Alberta Motor Association explains the importance of travel medical insurance and the plans provided by AMA.
  
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• Holy carp: 11-year-old nets giant koi in St. Albert lake

  31-08-2018 15:30 via cbc.ca
  11-year-old Luke Hebb wasn’t dreaming when he pulled a 16-pound koi out of Lacombe Lake in St. Albert Wednesday morning.
  
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• Women in Engineering Summit

  31-08-2018 15:22 via globalnews.ca
  The first ever Women in Engineering Summit is taking place in Edmonton in September. Claudia Goemz-Villeneuve explains why it’s important for more women to become engineers.
  
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• Edmonton police on track to hire new chief by October 2018

  31-08-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  The search for a new Edmonton police chief has yielded more than 10 applicants from a small pool of senior officers who are qualified for the top job, says the head of the Edmonton Police Commission.
  
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• Canadian Ski Patrol Recruiting

  31-08-2018 14:43 via globalnews.ca
  The ski season is approaching and resorts are looking for help. The Canadian Ski Patrol is hosting a recruitment session. Two ski patrol volunteers explain what it’s all about.
  
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• Alberta Indigenous leaders call for improved consultation after Trans Mountain ruling

  31-08-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Some of Alberta's Indigenous leaders say the Trans Mountain court ruling is an opportunity to fix a flawed consultation process.
  
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• 'More was required of Canada': Ruling shows where Ottawa fell short with First Nations on Trans Mountain

  31-08-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  As First Nation appellants celebrated their win at the Federal Court of Appeal on Thursday, they also pointed out the specific failures of the federal government's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion as confirmed in the ruling.
  
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• Don't dig Trans Mountain's grave just yet

  31-08-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Despite a court ruling halting construction on the Trans Mountain expansion project, the reality is that the pipeline could still be built. The court ruling states "the end result may be a short delay."
  
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• Notley pulling Alberta out of federal climate plan

  31-08-2018 07:00 via globalnews.ca
  Premier Rachel Notley is firing back at Ottawa after the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion was overturned. Sarah Kraus explains.
  
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• 89-year-old Calgary man takes to the skies on glider after decades-long hiatus

  31-08-2018 05:20 via globalnews.ca
  After a 65-year hiatus, 89-year-old Norman Follett had the opportunity to soar through the skies again thanks to a surprise birthday gift from his children.
  
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• City of Edmonton economist predicts pipeline-related dip in local economic forecast

  31-08-2018 04:30 via globalnews.ca
  The delay and possible cancellation of the TransMountain pipeline will hurt the economy of the Edmonton region, says economist John Rose. He said the effects would likely be moderate in the short-term but much more pronounced in the long-term.
  
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• Trudeau's contradictions 'coming home to roost' in Trans Mountain ruling, say analysts

  31-08-2018 04:28 via cbc.ca
  A federal court ruling suspending the expansion of the Trans Mountain project deals a blow to the prime minister's credibility and underscores the missteps made by the Liberal government in its handling of the file, some experts say.
  
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• Trans Mountain court ruling a 'blow' to Trudeau's credibility, experts say

  31-08-2018 04:28 via cbc.ca
  A federal court ruling suspending the expansion of the Trans Mountain project deals a blow to the prime minister's credibility and underscores the missteps made by the Liberal government in its handling of the file, some experts say.
  
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• The Trans Mountain court ruling would have us accept a moral duty we can't yet meet

  31-08-2018 04:01 via cbc.ca
  The ruling goes back to this phrase again and again. The demand for meaning and "meaningful dialogue" without giving us any real guideposts as to how to know we have achieved it. Jen Gerson on the TransMountain court ruling.
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Aug 30

  31-08-2018 03:37 via globalnews.ca
  Here are the top stories from the Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 edition of Global News Hour at 6 Edmonton with Gord Steinke and Nancy Carlson.
  
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• Notley pulling Alberta out of federal climate plan after latest Trans Mountain pipeline setback

  31-08-2018 03:17 via globalnews.ca
  Hours after a stunning Federal Court of Appeal decision in which Ottawa's approval of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was overturned, Premier Rachel Notley addressed Albertans about the latest hurdle to come before the project and dropped a political bombshell of her own.
  
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• Edmonton teams makes discovery that will change how thyroid cancer patients are treated

  31-08-2018 02:33 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton team has made a discovery that will mean a less aggressive treatment plan for some thyroid cancer patients. The team has figured out a way to tell who can safely have less radiation. Su-Ling Goh reports.
  
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• Fly-fishing with Shaw Charity Classic defending champion Scott McCarron on the Bow River

  31-08-2018 02:29 via globalnews.ca
  Ride along with defending champion Scott McCarron and his wife Jenny as they float down the Bow River on a day off before the Shaw Charity Classic.
  
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• Victim of racist exchange at Edmonton supermarket recorded video to raise awareness of Islamophobia

  31-08-2018 02:25 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton Police say they are reviewing a video posted to social media showing a heated and racist exchange between a man and a group of young Muslim women, the second such incident in as many weeks.
  
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• Decision to pull out of federal climate plan ‘sends a strong message’: Alberta premier

  31-08-2018 02:17 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said her government’s decision to pull out of the federal climate plan may not be an immediate consequence to the feds, but a message that they could lose an ally if the Trans Mountain pipeline stoppage isn’t fixed.
  
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• What went wrong with Trans Mountain pipeline expansion? Notley reacts

  31-08-2018 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley believes there’s still the ability to get back on track in terms of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
  
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• Getting Trans Mountain pipeline built ‘fundamentally important’: Notley

  31-08-2018 02:14 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said while there is a barrier in place after the Federal Court of Appeal quashed the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, “barriers are meant to be broken.”
  
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• Video shows racist exchange inside Edmonton supermarket

  31-08-2018 02:11 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Aug 30 – A video taken inside a supermarket in Edmonton is gaining traction online. It shows a heated racist exchange between a man and a group of young Muslim women. As Julia Wong reports, experts say it highlights a need for more training for employees in all businesses.
  
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• Federal government must appeal Trans Mountain pipeline court ruling: Notley

  31-08-2018 02:10 via globalnews.ca
  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley outlined several steps she said the federal government must take following the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision to quash the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  
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